Thiccc Crude Oil Tanker

/krude OIL TANK-er/ · n.

1. A maritime vessel of prodigious displacement, designed for the transport of bulk crude oil. Its hull, as observed from a stern vantage, embodies a certain maritime gravitas.

2. colloq. The kind of ship that does not dock at ports so much as annex them as territories.

Etymology. From crude (Middle English 'crude' meaning 'raw') + oil (Old French 'olie' from Latin 'oleum') + tanker (from tank, Dutch 'tank' meaning 'cistern'). The full phrase conveys a sense of nautical sovereignty.

The harbor played host to a thiccc crude oil tanker, its berth marked by an unfair redistribution of seagulls.

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